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+# Fact: package_provider
+#
+# Purpose: Returns the default provider Puppet will choose to manage packages
+#   on this system
+#
+# Resolution: Instantiates a dummy package resource and return the provider
+#
+# Caveats:
+#
+require 'puppet/type'
+require 'puppet/type/package'
+
+Facter.add(:package_provider) do
+  setcode do
+    if Gem::Version.new(Facter.value(:puppetversion)) >= Gem::Version.new('3.6')
+      Puppet::Type.type(:package).newpackage(:name => 'dummy', :allow_virtual => 'true')[:provider].to_s
+    else
+      Puppet::Type.type(:package).newpackage(:name => 'dummy')[:provider].to_s
+    end
+  end
+end